Handle for toilet articles.



PAT-ENTED JULY 28, 1903.

L. B. PRAH'AR. HANDLE FOR TOILET ARTICLES APPLICATION-FILED DEC. 15,1902.

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' PATENT OFFICE.

HANDLE FOR TOILET ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,946, dated July 28,1903.

Application filed December 15,1902. Serial No. 125,268. (Nomodel-F T0 atwhom it may concern:

Beit known that I, LOUIs B. PRAHAR, acitizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Handle forToilet. Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a simple, economic, andeffective means for connecting mirrors and the like to their handleswithout detracting from the strength of the handle and so that thehandle may be quickly applied and removed when desired, the act ofapplying the handle causing the band for the mirror or other article tobe drawn tightly around the same and to hear at its inner or lowercentral portion against a ferrule, which ferrule in its turn is pressedtoward the article clamped by the handle, with which it engages when thelatter is tightened.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a mirror and a sectional frontelevation of an improved handle and parts connected therewith forholding the mirror in position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view representinga portion of a mirror and the clamping-band, the ferrule and the handle,the band, ferrule, and handle being shown separated; and Fig. 3 is asectional side elevation of a mirror'and its handle-support,illustrating a slight departure in the manner of connecting theclamping-band and handle.

A represents a mirror, and B a clampingband, which band is grooved atits inner portion to receive and span the marginal edge of the mirror;but the said band at its central lower portion is divided, and its endsare carried downward in branches-1O and 11 below the mirror, terminatingat a point above the handle 0. The clampingband at no point enters thesaid handle at any time.

A ferrule D surrounds the branches 10 and 11 of the band B, and the saidferrule engages at its upper edge with the clamping-band B at the outersides of the branches 10 and 11 of said band. Preferably the ferrule Dis provided with an upper extension 12 at one or both faces, whichextensions 12 are carried up to an engagement with the mirror A or otherarticle clamped by the band B. Preferably the extension 12 is at therear only of the mirror or other article clamped; but the ferrule D isof such shape and construction that when in place it completely concealsthe space which exists between the branches l0 and 11 of theclamping-band B. The lower end of the ferrule D is shown as resting upona washer 13, formed in the rabbeted upper edge 14 of the handle; but thesaid washer may be dispensed with, if found desirable. The handle may bemade without a rabbet at its upper end; but the rabbeted construction ispreferred. The ferrule D in any event has bearing at its lower end onthe upper portion of the handle 0, so that when the handle 0 is attachedto the clamping-band B said handle serves to hold the ferrule D inposition as it forces the said ferrule to an engagement with theaforesaid clamping-band.

The attachment between the clampingband B and the handle 0 is effectedthrough the medium of ascrew. .In Figs. 1 and 2 the head-section a ofthe screw 15 is made to enter the space between the lower ends of thebranches 10 and 11 of the clamping-band, which branches are brought to aclose ongagement with the head a of the said screw 15 and are held insuch position bya rivet 16 or its equivalent passed through the branches10 and 11 and through the head a of the said screw, while the threadedportion a of the screw 15 is adapted to enter the upper central portionof the handle 0, which upper central portion of the handle may be andpreferably is provided with a longitudinal opening or recess 15 toreceive the aforesaid threaded portion of the screw 15 or the majorportion of the same; but this opening 15 when employed in the handle isof less diameter than the diameter of the central portion of thethreaded section of the screw. Under this construction it will beobserved that when the handle is turned in engagement with the threadedportion of the screw 15 the clamping-band B is drawn tightly around theICO article which it surrounds and the ferrule D is held snugly in itsdesired position, engaging with the lower portion of the clampingbandand the upper portion of the handle.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a slight departure in the means forconnecting the handle with a clamping-band B; but the screw is stillemployed, the position of the screw being simply reversedas, forexample, the head a of the screw 18 is secured in the upper centralportion of the handle 0 by means of a pin 19, rivet, or the like, andthe threaded section or portion a offthe screw extends sufficientlybeyond the upper or outer end of the handle 0 to enter a nut 17, whichis rigidly held by pins, rivets, or otherwise at the lower' portions ofthe branches 10 and 11 of the clamping-band,causing the said branches tofirmly engage with the said screw. The operation of connecting thevarious parts when the parts are constructedas shown in Fig. 3 isidentical with the action when the parts are constructed as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A handle for toilet articles, consisting of aband-section adapted to embrace the article and provided with branchesextending from the article, one in direction of the other, a handleindependent of said branches, a ferrule engaging with the handle andsurrounding the branches of the said band-section, a space interveningthe terminal end of the branches and the upper end of the bandle, and afastening device between the handle and the branches of the said band,which fastening device is contained within the said ferrule, as and forthe purpose described.

2. A handle for toilet articles, consisting of a band-section adapted toembrace the article and provided with branches extending from thearticle in direction of each other, a solid handle, the said handle atits upper end having a space between it and the lower ends of thebranches of the band, a ferrule within which the said branches of theband are located, and a screw fastening connection between the upperportion of the handle and the branches of the said band, the said screwconnection being within the said ferrule, as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS B. PRAHAR. Witnesses:

JNo. M. BITTER, J. FRED. ACKER.

